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Daijōkyū 大嘗宮

Also daijōgū. A temporary palace of unstripped timber, untreated grasses and reeds, and bamboo, used for the Grand…

Architecture, Shrines
Daijōsai 大嘗祭

Also read ōnihe matsuri, ōnie matsuri, ōname matsuri, and ōmube matsuri. The Great Food…

Architecture, Shrines
daikoku-bashira 大黒柱 ✓

Also written 大極柱, shin-no-hashira 心の柱, yaku-bashira 役柱, and naka-bashira 中柱.

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Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Shrines
dashi 山車

Also called yamaboko 山鉾, hikiyama 引山, maiguruma 舞車, odoriguruma 踊車, and yatai…

Architecture, Shrines
dashimise-zukuri 出店造

Small shrine buildings in an early Kasuga style, *kasuga-zukuri 春日造, that…

Architecture, Shrines

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University